Christian Village Elder-care Site Finally Opens

May 30, 1993|By Knight-Ridder/Tribune.

CROWN POINT, Ind. — June will see the opening of Chicagoland Christian Village Inc.-13 years after its incorporation and three years after construction began.

"It's a huge project," said Dave Ebersole, administrator of the senior citizens' housing development. "A lot of forethought has gone into this. Construction has proceeded slowly. But we're close to completion."

The village will include a 78-bed nursing home; 57 assisted-living units; 18 congregate apartments and eight independent apartments.

Phase two of construction, scheduled for completion in 1994, will include 32 more congregate apartments and two garage buildings. When finished, project officials said, the 70-acre retirement village in Winfield Township just outside Crown Point will be worth $15 million.

Christian Homes Inc., the parent company of Chicagoland Christian Village, owns and operates 14 similar villages in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and Iowa.